Mariana Morando

Mariana Morando, Argentine herpetologist.

Centro Nacional Patagónico – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F. & Morando, M. 2003. A new species of Liolaemus (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Northwestern Patagonia (Neuquén, Argentina). Herpetologica 59(4): 534–545. DOI: 10.1655/02-67Reference page.

Ávila, L.J., Morando, M. & Sites, J.W. Jr. 2008. New Species of the Iguanian Lizard Genus Liolaemus (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini) from Central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 42(1): 186–196. DOI: 10.1670/06-244R2.1 Reference page.

Avila, L.J., Morando, M., Perez, D.R. & Sites, J.W., jr. 2009. A new species of Liolaemus from Añelo sand dunes, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina, and molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus wiegmannii species group (Squamata, Iguania, Liolaemini). Zootaxa 2234: 39–55. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2234.1.3 ResearchGate Reference page.

Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Pérez, D.R. & Morando, M. 2011. Two new mountain lizard species of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Iguania) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 2924(1): 1–21. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2924.1.1 Reference page.

Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Medina, C.D., Sites, Jr., J.W. & Morando, M. 2012. A new species of lizard of the Liolaemus elongatus clade (Reptilia: Iguania: Liolaemini) from Curi Leuvu River Valley, northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina. Zootaxa 3325: 37–52. Preview Reference page.
Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Minoli, I. & Morando, M. 2012. A new species of Homonota (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from the Ventania mountain range, southeastern Pampas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 3431: 19–36. Preview Reference page.

Ávila, L.J., Martínez, L.E. & Morando, M. 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616(3): 201–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.3.1 Reference page.
Ávila, L.J., Olave, M., Pérez, C.H.F., Pérez, D.R. & Morando, M. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus rothi complex and a new species of lizard from Auca Mahuida Volcano (Squamata: Liolaemini). Zootaxa 3608(4): 221–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3608.4.1 Reference page.
Morando, M., Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Hawkins, M.A. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): implications for species diversity and historical biogeography of southern South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 694–714. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.019 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Minoli, I., Morando, M. & Ávila, L.J. 2014. Integrative taxonomy in the Liolaemus fitzingerii complex (Squamata: Liolaemini) based on morphological analyses and niche modeling. Zootaxa 3856(4): 501–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.4.3 Reference page.
Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Minoli, I. & Morando, M. 2014. A new lizard of the Phymaturus genus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from Sierra Grande, northeastern Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3793(1): 99–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.1.4 Reference page.
Morando, M., Medina, C.D., Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Buxton, A. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of the New World gecko genus Homonota (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae). Zoologica Scripta 43(3): 249–260.DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12052 Reference page.

Ávila, L.J., Medina, C.D., Pérez, C.H.F., Sites, J.W. Jr & Morando, M. 2015. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of the lizard clade Liolaemus elongatus (Iguania: Liolaemini) with the description of a new species from an isolated volcanic peak in northern Patagonia. Zootaxa 3947(1): 67–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.1.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Morando, M., Olave, M., Ávila, L.J., Baker, E. & Sites, Jr., J.W. 2015. Molecular Phylogeny of the Lizard Clade Leiosaurae Endemic to Southern South America. Herpetologica 71(4): 322–331. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00067 Reference page.

Cacciali, P., Morando, M., Köhler, G. & Ávila, L.J. 2016. On the distribution of the genus Teius Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Teiidae). Zootaxa 4136(3): 491–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.3.4. Reference page.
Marín, A.G., Pérez, C.H.F., Minoli, I., Morando, M. & Ávila, L.J. 2016. A new lizard species of the Phymaturus patagonicus group (Squamata: Liolaemini) from northern Patagonia, Neuquén, Argentina. Zootaxa 4121(4): 412–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.3. Reference page.

Cacciali, P., Morando, M., Medina, C.D., Köhler, G., Motte, M. & Ávila, L.J. 2017. Taxonomic analysis of Paraguayan samples of Homonota fasciata Duméril & Bibron (1836) with the revalidation of Homonota horrida Burmeister (1861) (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) and the description of a new species. PeerJ 5: e3523. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3523 Reference page.
Ávila, L.J., Pérez, C.H.F., Minoli, I., Medina, C.D., Sites, Jr., J.W. & Morando, M. 2017. New Species of Liolaemus (Reptilia, Squamata, Liolaemini) of the Liolaemus donosobarrosi clade from northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 4362(4): 535–563. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.4.4. Reference page.

Cacciali, P., Morando, M., Ávila, L.J. & Koehler, G. 2018. Description of a new species of Homonota (Reptilia, Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) from the central region of northern Paraguay. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 147–161. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.21754. Reference page.

Ávila, L.J., Vrdoljak, J.E., Medina, C.D., Massini, J.G., Pérez, C.H.F., Sites Jr., J.W. & Morando, M. 2021. A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi group) from Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina. Zootaxa 4903(2): 194–216. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.2 Reference page.

Sánchez, K.I., Morando, M. & Ávila, L.J. 2023. A new lizard species of the Liolaemus kingi group (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from northwestern Chubut province (Argentina). Zootaxa 5264(2): 235–255. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.2.5 Reference page.